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Constellation Brands (
STZ) pushed the Food & Beverage industry higher today making it today's featured food & beverage winner. The industry as a whole was unchanged today. By the end of trading, Constellation Brands rose 37 cents (1%) to $36 on light volume. Throughout the day, 799,715 shares of Constellation Brands exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.3 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $35.61-$36.12 after having opened the day at $35.63 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $35.63. Other companies within the Food & Beverage industry that increased today were:
Castle Brands Incorporated (
ROX), up 11.1%,
China Marine Food Group (
CMFO), up 3.3%,
S&W Seed Company (
SANW), up 3%, and
Primo Water (
PRMW), up 2.9%.

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Constellation Brands, Inc. produces and markets beverage alcohol in the United States and internationally. Constellation Brands has a market cap of $5.7 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.3, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 72.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are four analysts that rate Constellation Brands a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and one rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Constellation Brands as a
buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, revenue growth, attractive valuation levels and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat weak growth in earnings per share.